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View report*This link comes directly from our calculators, based on information input by the member who posted.Hi Biggerpockets community!My name is Geoffrey and I am excited to start my real estate journey! I am curr...
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Working on buying a 20 unit apartment building. I thought all the numbers made sense on my detailed pro-forma estimates. It was hard to lose with this thing. A cash flow beast! ... then I see last 4 years of owner tax...
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Let’s say I find a property that’s just barely cash flow positive (I am in the SF Bay Area so its hard to find great +ve CF deals.. not impossible but difficult for new investor). One of my concerns is how to mitigate...
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I am a new to real estate investing. I found 2 family house being sold as is by a wholesaler.The house needs a lot of work. They are selling it for less than $30,000. How low can I make an offer to this property? You...
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When underwriting a potential investment, do you utilize the T12 and based off of it you create the Pro Forma? Or you shouldn't mix them up.Thank you in advance!
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That's not what Cap Rate is for. used improperly as a metric of investment return (which it's not), capitalization rate can be highly misleading at best, and potentially flat out wrong!
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Hey everyone, i hope I placed this in the correct subforum and I hope its not considered inappropriate for me to ask for a 2nd glance on this analysis. I just want to make sure I have my spreadsheet correctly made. I'...
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I am looking at mixed use building for sale that has a drycleaners which is included with the acquisition of the building. What sort of analysis and due diligence is required here? How do you assess the business. I wo...
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Hello BiggerPockets!I'm new to the fascinating world of REI and have recently been spending my spare time watching, listening, and reading BP content! I'm working towards my first investment property, hopefully a buy-...
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I have enough equity in each to buy four apartment complexes, and this doesn't even count liquid cash on hand. I've heard the financing for commercial real estate isn't that great though, balloon payments, refinancing...